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Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research



    Raised ADA in exudative pleural fluid with positive exposure is not tubercular


    Swetha Narayanan, 1Madhav Banjade, 1Prasan Kumar Panda, 1Rajat Ranka
    JCDR. 2023: 921-928

    Abstract

    Parapneumonic effusions are more familiar with bacterial pneumonia than viral pneumonia. In a tuberculosis-endemic country like India, viral parapneumonic effusions can be misdiagnosed as tubercular effusions and unnecessarily treated with antitubercular therapy.

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    Volume 14 Issue 12

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